Posted on 08/01/2006 8:32:42 PM PDT by Flavius
PHOENIX, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Family counselor Jane Fendelman, MC, has valuable information for parents with school-age children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). She has a track record of helping families with children who would be considered worst-case scenarios -- without the use of medications like Ritalin, Adderall and Concerta..
In her book "Raising Humane Beings" she writes in depth about what her clients call the "magic cure." In fact, within 3 to 5 sessions, with Fendelman's help, clients see issues resolved for good.
"I call ADD and ADHD the multimillion dollar medical myth," says Fendelman. "Why are diagnoses of ADD and ADHD on the rise in children -- and even in adults? Because we have invented this catch-all name for what is an adaptive response to our fast-paced, highly stimulating modern world. And what's more, drug companies have created medications to suppress this response so we think we have a solution."
Fendelman explains that drugging children is not the same as curing them. In fact, most drugs prescribed for ADD and ADHD contain dangerous amphetamines which are narcotic drugs known to contribute to stunted growth, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, increased risk of diabetes, strokes, cardiac arrest and death.
In fact, no definitive test for ADD and ADHD exists. There is only a list of indicators, as found in the DSM-IVR, the diagnostic manual published by the American Psychiatric Press. Indicators are not definitive.
Fendelman does not argue with the fact that the issues exist. "It's not really a problem in the child, it just shows up in the child," said Fendelman. "That's why it is so easy to cure it in 3 to 5 sessions."
"It is my mission to tell as many people as possible and help parents get their children off of medication once and for all," said Fendelman. "We are drugging our children unnecessarily and missing out on the creativity and ingenuity of an entire generation. It is as sad as it is dangerous."
For more than 15 years Fendelman has successfully delivered her life-changing, drug-free solutions for children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD. As a result of her methods, Fendelman has seen an entire generation grow up drug-free.
I see you found my about page, and you're as ignorant about liberalism, as you are about ADHD. Friedrich Hayek, Margret Thacher, and the great Lord Acton are all on my side.
. . . but what pill or shot or holistic treatment is going to make you better able to control yourself?
To be specific? In my case it's Methylphenidate. And I'm not the only one, it's proven to reduce implusivity by about 60% in most studies of people diagnosed with ADHD.
Maybe if mommy or daddy or the guy mommy was shacking up with had put a boot in your A$$ when you were growing up you would have learned some self control.
Now I have to wonder if I'm not the only one who needs to get hold of his/her impulses. You have no idea how many boots I got in my arse growing up.
Good luck with the pills, do they have anything to help me balance my checkbook?
I'm not sure, the pills won't teach you arithmetic, you're on your own for that one. But they might help you to focus on the task long enough to get it done.
And I have to know, you really think perfect parents make perfect children? Because if you do, I'll have to roll my eyes back into my head again.
I am glad someone said what you did. My nephew had ADD, but his parents have never let that be an excuse for any behavior problems. In fact, my brother-in-law has gotten on his case even more at times. I do think that it is overdiagnosed and would hope other methods such as behavior modification and dietary changes would be tried more often before drug therapy.
His mommy "shacking up"?
Anybody old enough to know that term is too effing old and stupid to be allowed on this thread. OF COURSE they're ain't no durned thing like that ADD or ADHHDD or whatever it is they talkin' about these days. Why, in my day, if a feller couldn't pay no attention, we just hit him or shot him or both.
You should be embarrassed and ashamed, you dumb asshole.
"ADD = Adults Don't Discipline
Nailed it."
Unfortunately, you are incorrect but not for that reason.
ADD exists. The cause of it isn't in the youth but in the youths surroundings. It is caused by teachers. It is caused by IPoD's. It is caused by the distractions in our life that take our attention away from the task at hand.
Walk into a school. When we were kids it was just the alphabet on the walls in the class. A chalkboard up front. Go into a class today. There is so much crap on the walls that students get distracted and focus their attention elsewhere.
Today we have cell phones, blackberry's, computers. All things we didn't have twenty years ago to distract us from concentrating on one or two things. ADD is an overload of the senses. ADHD is an overload combined with all the crap we put in our bodies to wire us and tire us.
Look at our lives. We wake with product to get our day moving. We go to bed with product to slow down the effects of the product that woke us up. In between there is cookies and candies and processed garbage.
ADD and ADHD? It isn't about disciplining your kids. It is about removing the distractions that are causing children who are susceptible to losing focus from losing focus. It is about taking the crap off the walls at the school so kids look straight ahead rather then all over the place. It is about feeding our kids good food rather then processed trash. It is about sending them outside to play rather then leaving them alone in front of the gameboy.
"...they turn into knuckle-dragging ignoramuses..."
"It's not my fault, it's my parents. Is there a pill I can take for this condition?????"
No, but there is a cure: Quit being a self-centered, smug, ignorant prick.
Are there people out there that suffer from ADD/ADHD? Probably. But is it as wide spread a problem? Probably not. As someone stated above, the questions for these indicators could apply to just about any kid.
"too much sugar!"
Crap.
I________will________type________slowly________so________you________can________concentrate.
I can remember back before they outlawed walking and reading. Things were so much better and nobody was ever tense. Those were the days. WTH are you talking about? Maybe you should turn off the computer and read a book or go for a walk.
Actually...I'm just trying learn more about this woman and how she manages to back up her claims.
This article is very vague.
Unfortunately liberal attitudes have infected the practice of medicine. We would like to think that science is above political ideology, but witness global warming and the FDA's food pyramid as examples.
Politics is not just governmental but professional as well. Many rank file physicians are conservative whereas the leadership of the AMA, AAP, etc tend to be liberal.
What explains the recent epidemic of ADD diagnoses, especially in the schools? Not that long ago these cases were rare. I was given Ritalin as a 12 year old child and I am now 52, but I was a rare case back then.
Do you know what the diet was of these kids you refer to? Could sugar and starch be a factor? Is ADD merely the hyperactive phase of continuing high blood sugar levels leading to hypoglycemia and diabeties, which are also epidemic?
I don't know it all, but I can guarentee you the medical community doesn't know it all and the school nurses and counselors don't know it all.
"In some districts, the schools get DOUBLE the money for "special needs" kids so they want as many as possible to have ADD and ADHD."
Add to the previous comment of ADD=Adults Don't Discipline and I believe the whole nasty scam is exposed.
He is also not banned military service, owning firearms, nor gaining security clearance for any contracting whatsoever with the government.
Drugged, he is an emasculated, pacified, sheepish tool for those who control his condition. That is the antithesis of self-control.
Well you said it: sugar = crap.
I am probably younger than you, but if not it's my parents fault.
"I am probably younger than you, but if not it's my parents fault."
Actually, your age is only--and literally--their fault. Go to calendar. Find birthday. Count back nine months....
How old are you? And tough guy, if you say you never mention your age in public, I am definitely addding pussy to the list of everything else I've called you. (To all shrieking FR ninnies who are reacting to the use of the "P" word...that doesn't mean what you think it means. It means wussy man, ineffectual man, etc.
Gee! Ya Think?
I give thanks that I was a kid back in the 40's.
I feel sorry for todays kids. I really do.
in the future try not taking it for a whileI appreciate the advice, sincerely I do, the pharmocological therapy right now is helping me get things in order, perhaps after nine years, I'll be up to the challenge. Maybe then there will be an effective non-pharmacalogical treatment.
Honestly though, ADHD is treated very effectively with meds, and I don't feel like they influence me to do things that I don't want to do. They do help me to do the things that I know I want to do, but couldn't get it together enough to do before.
Got ADD? Reread the post as many times as you need to to get my message. A 3rd grader would get it the first time.
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